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LOT 2920
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Struck AD 148-149. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius in her right hand and anchor in her left. RIC 175; Cohen 284. Good Very Fine.(3.58gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 228-231. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.64gr, 18mm, 2h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Hadrian AE Semis. Struck circa AD 126-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / COS III, aquila between two signa; S C below. RIC 888 var. (not draped); Cohen -; BMC 1362 var. (same); cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 26, lot 3345. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this bust type.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with six rows, no doors, pellet in doorway and two turrets; star above, SMANTΔ in exergue. RIC 73. 2.91gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
